diff --git a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket.go b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket.go
index 18003d81..3fc9b3f4 100644
--- a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket.go
+++ b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package digitalocean
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -37,12 +38,6 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanBucket() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew:    true,
 				Description: "Bucket region",
 			},
-			"profile": {
-				Type:        schema.TypeString,
-				Required:    true,
-				ForceNew:    false,
-				Description: "Spaces Access Profile",
-			},
 			"acl": {
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:    true,
@@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanBucketCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.digitaloceanspaces.com", d.Get("region").(string))
 	sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:      aws.String("us-east-1"),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", d.Get("profile").(string)),
+		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), ""),
 		Endpoint:    aws.String(endpoint)},
 	)
 	svc := s3.New(sesh)
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanBucketUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.digitaloceanspaces.com", d.Get("region").(string))
 	sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:      aws.String("us-east-1"),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", d.Get("profile").(string)),
+		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), ""),
 		Endpoint:    aws.String(endpoint)},
 	)
 	svc := s3.New(sesh)
@@ -125,7 +120,7 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanBucketRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.digitaloceanspaces.com", d.Get("region").(string))
 	sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:      aws.String("us-east-1"),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", d.Get("profile").(string)),
+		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), ""),
 		Endpoint:    aws.String(endpoint)},
 	)
 	svc := s3.New(sesh)
@@ -189,7 +184,7 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanBucketDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.digitaloceanspaces.com", d.Get("region").(string))
 	sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:      aws.String("us-east-1"),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", d.Get("profile").(string)),
+		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), ""),
 		Endpoint:    aws.String(endpoint)},
 	)
 	svc := s3.New(sesh)
diff --git a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket_test.go b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket_test.go
index a5ac38f6..8d6f9145 100644
--- a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket_test.go
+++ b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_bucket_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package digitalocean
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func testAccCheckDigitalOceanBucketDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 func testAccCheckDigitalOceanBucketDestroyWithProvider(s *terraform.State, provider *schema.Provider) error {
 	sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:      aws.String("nyc3"),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", "digitalocean-spaces")},
+		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), "")},
 	)
 	svc := s3.New(sesh, &aws.Config{
 		Endpoint: aws.String("https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com")},
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ func testAccCheckDigitalOceanBucketExistsWithProvider(n string, providerF func()
 
 		sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 			Region:      aws.String("nyc3"),
-			Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", "digitalocean-spaces")},
+			Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), "")},
 		)
 		svc := s3.New(sesh, &aws.Config{
 			Endpoint: aws.String("https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com")},
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func testAccCheckDigitalOceanDestroyBucket(n string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 
 		sesh, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 			Region:      aws.String("nyc3"),
-			Credentials: credentials.NewSharedCredentials("", "digitalocean-spaces")},
+			Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(os.Getenv("DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID"), os.Getenv("DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"), "")},
 		)
 		svc := s3.New(sesh, &aws.Config{
 			Endpoint: aws.String("https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com")},
diff --git a/website/docs/r/bucket.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/bucket.html.markdown
index d5c18cd9..3c666bc9 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/bucket.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/bucket.html.markdown
@@ -14,15 +14,8 @@ S3 service (even using their terminology). This allows users to reuse code writt
 for S3 usage with Spaces without much tweaking. Spaces mirrors S3's authentication
 framework and requests to Spaces require a key pair similar to Amazon's Access ID
 and Secret Key.  Due to these similarities, this functionality uses the AWS Go SDK to make these calls.  
-The authentication requirement can be met by installing `awscli` and adding a
-DigitalOcean profile to your credentials file (usually found in`~/.aws/credentials`).
-This should look like:
-
-```
-[digitalocean-spaces]
-aws_access_key_id = QAZWSXRFVTGBYHNUJMIK
-aws_secret_access_key = 1QAZ2WSX3EDC4RFV5TGB6YHN7UJM8IK9OL0P1QAZ2WS
-```
+The authentication requirement can be met by setting the `DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`
+environment variables to the access ID and secret you generate in the Digital Ocean control panel.
 
 For more information, See [An Introduction to DigitalOcean Spaces](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-digitalocean-spaces)
 
@@ -33,7 +26,6 @@ For more information, See [An Introduction to DigitalOcean Spaces](https://www.d
 resource "digitalocean_bucket" "foobar" {
   name = "foobar"
   region = "nyc3"
-  profile = "digitalocean-spaces"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -43,7 +35,6 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `name` - (Required) The name of the bucket
 * `region` - (Required) The region where the bucket resides
-* `profile` - (Required) Spaces Access Profile (defined in your AWS Credentials file)
 * `acl` - Canned ACL applied on bucket creation (`private` or `public-read`)
 
 ## Attributes Reference